A survey of elementary piano repertoire: A piano instructor’s resource

This project opens with the premise that some piano instructors are unaware of or don’t have immediate access to elementary literature written by notable composers over the last few centuries. At times, this can lead to a student learning only from methods, resulting in a keyboard education that may lack the diversity of styles and challenges that supplemental pieces can provide. In this document, I will present an overview of important composers who contributed to repertoire at the elementary level. Beginning with Bach and his contemporaries, I will write a short discussion on the background of each composer, provide a few short examples, and discuss the works in question. I will stress the importance of teaching such repertoire to elementary students and argue that this exposure will better equip them as they move on to more advanced styles of playing.

Name thesis:degree_name

A.Mus.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Music

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2018

Author dc:creator

• Gladden, Matthew

Contributors dc:contributor

• Tsitsaros, Christos
• Gunn, Julie
• Nettl, Bruno
• Taylor, Stephen

• Piano pedagogy
• Elementary piano
• Piano teaching

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2017 Matthew Gladden

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/99390

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/99390